Verse List for GEN 21:20

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OET (OET-RV) As the boy grew up, God kept watch over him, and he lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow and arrow.

OET-LV And_he/it _was god with the_lad and_he _grew _up and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_wilderness and_he/it _was a _shooter _of a _bowman.

ULT And God was with the boy, and he grew up. And he lived in the wilderness and became a great bowman.

UST As the boy grew up, God was with him and helped him. He lived in the Paran Desert and learned to hunt skillfully with a bow and arrows.

BSB & MSB And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

OEB The Lord was with the boy, and he grew up,

WEBBE & WMBB God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.

NET God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

LSV and God is with the youth, and he grows, and dwells in the wilderness, and is an archer;

FBV God blessed Ishmael and he grew up, living in the desert. He became a skilled archer.

T4T God helped the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a good ◄archer/man who hunts with bow and arrows►.

LEB And God was with the boy, and he grew and lived in the wilderness. And he became _⌊an expert with a bow_⌋.[fn]

BBE And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.

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JPS And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

ASV And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

DRA And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an archer.

YLT and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;

Drby And [fn]God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

RV And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

SLT And God will be with the child; and he will be great, and dwell in the desert, and will be to increase the bow.

Wbstr And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

KJB-1769 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

KJB-1611 And God was with the lad, and he grew, and dwelt in the wildernesse, and became an archer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And God was with the lad, and he grewe, and dwelt in the wyldernesse, and became a principall archer.
(And God was with the lad, and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a principal archer.)

Gnva So God was with the childe, and he grewe and dwelt in the wildernesse, and was an archer.
(So God was with the child, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and was an archer.)

Cvdl And God was with the childe, which grew vp, and dwelt in ye wildernes, and became a connynge archer,
(And God was with the child, which grew up, and dwelt in ye/you_all wilderness, and became a cunning archer,)

Wycl and was with him, and he encresside, and dwellide in wildernesse, and he was maad a yong man an archer,
(and was with him, and he encresside, and dwelled/dwelt in wilderness, and he was made a young man an archer,)

Luth Und GOtt war mit dem Knaben; der wuchs und wohnete in der Wüste und ward ein guter Schütze;
(And God what/which with to_him boys/lads; the/of_the growth and lived/resided in the/of_the desert and what/which a good Schütze;)

ClVg Et fuit cum eo: qui crevit, et moratus est in solitudine, factusque est juvenis sagittarius.
(And it_was when/with by_him: who/which grew, and moratus it_is in/into/on solitude, becameque it_is young_man arrowrius.)

UHB וַ⁠יְהִ֧י אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הַ⁠נַּ֖עַר וַ⁠יִּגְדָּ֑ל וַ⁠יֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ בַּ⁠מִּדְבָּ֔ר וַ⁠יְהִ֖י רֹבֶ֥ה קַשָּֽׁת׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἦν ὁ Θεὸς μετὰ τοῦ παιδίου· καὶ ηὐξήθη, καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· ἐγένετο δὲ τοξότης.

BrTr And God was with the child, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.